Okazaki City Life Guide Book 2022 <English>

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Trash Disposal Rules
3 Basic rules for putting out the trash!!!
◆Properly separate trash and recyclables!
◆Have the trash out, in the proper bag(s), by 8:30 on the correct collection days!
◆Put out each type of trash at the correct collection station!

Burnable Items
kitchen refuse・wastepaper・plastic items that cannot be cleaned・rubber or leather products・
dirty paper or plastic containers・ice packs・desiccant・hand warmers・diapers (*please flush any
excrement down the toilet)・records, CDs, DVDs and their cases・weeds, branches and leaves,(please be sure to put them in the designated bag)・cassette tapes, video tapes, and theircases・dirtied cloth
How to dispose: Drain any kitchen refuse, put it in the designated bag, and take it to theburnable trash station.
・Please drain liquids from burnable trash
Non-Burnable Items
Broken glass・metal・razors・knives・pottery・aluminum foil・aluminum products・umbrellas・
18-liter cans・pots・kettles・broken bottles・mirrors・small electric appliances・game devices(used small-scale home appliances are collected at recycle stations. We ask for your cooperationin the separation and collection of recyclable resources.
How to dispose: Put the trash in the designated bag, and take it to the non-burnable trashstation.
・ Wrap sharp objects in paper and display them in a way that they canrecognized.
・ Please use up all the contents of containers to de disposed.

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Paper Containers/Packaging
Any items with this mark that are not dirty.

Cups・paper cylinders: paper cups, snack containers
Cardboard・Paper trays: paper pudding tray, toothbrush package back cardboard
Empty boxes: snack boxes, tissue boxes
Paper bags・shopping bags: chopstick sleeves, retail paper bags, etc.
How to dispose: Empty the items, fold or break them down, put them inside the designated bag
for paper containers and wrapping and take them to the recycling station.
PET Bottles
Any items with this mark that are not dirty.

PET bottles for beverages, soy sauce, alcohol (sake, shochu, mirin) and condiments that do notcontain oil.
※Remove the cap and label and dispose of them as plastic waste.
※Coloured plastic bottles are also collected.
How to dispose: Remove all lids and labels, empty the contents, lightly rinse, crush, place in abag designated for PET bottles and take to the recycling station.
※You can also put it in the collection box of a cooperating store.
Plastic Containers/Packaging
Any items with this mark that are not dirty.

Bottles: sauce or cooking oil bottles, shampoo/detergent containers, etc.
Boxes/cases: trays for fresh food/sashimi, packs for tooth brushes, etc., cases for
medicine/cosmetics/daily necessities, etc.
Cups: cup noodle, pudding and yogurt containers, packaging for eggs or tofu
Bags/Wrapping: bags for snacks, bread, frozen foods, clothing products, plastic wrap
How to dispose: Empty out the items, lightly rinse and crush or break down any items that you
can, fold things like trays to reduce excess bulk, put the items in a bag
designated for plastics and take it to the recycling station.

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Empty Cans
Cans for beverages, food, etc., can lids, metal caps
How to dispose: Take cans to the neighborhood recycling station and put them in the blue
container.
・ Empty the contents and rinse lightly before taking out.
※ Do not crush the cans.
Empty Bottles
Beverage, condiment and cosmetic bottles.
How to dispose: Take bottles to the neighborhood recycling station and put them in the brown
container.
※ Metal caps go with “Empty cans.” Plastic caps go with “Plastic Containers/
Packaging.”
・ Empty the contents and rinse lightly before taking out.
※ Please dispose of broken items as non-burnable trash.
Refillable Bottles
Beer bottles, 1.8-liter “issho-bin” bottles.
How to dispose: Take bottles to the neighborhood recycling station and put themin the white container.
・ Empty the contents and rinse lightly before taking out.
※ Please dispose of broken items as non-burnable trash.
Flammable Hazardous Waste
Lighters, igniting tools, gas cartridges, spray cans

※No puncturing.

How to dispose: Make sure to use up the contents completely and put the waste in theyellow container at the neighborhood recycling station.
のこ※ If not completely used up, please indicate by writing “残りあり/nokori ari.”
Oversized Trash【For Carry-in】※The amount and types of carry-in trash are restricted.
Carry-in Location: Chūō Clean Center ( 27-7153 FAX 27-7053)
Hatchō Clean Center (burnables only) ( 22-5436 FAX 25-8146)
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Charges: 70 Yen per 10 kilos.
However, it is free for less than 100 kilos【Request for Door-to-Door Pay Collection】
Step 1: Make an appointment with the Oversized Trash Reception Center ( 22-2000)
Appointments can be made one month before your preferred date for trash collection.
Please call for an appointment between 8:30am and 5:15pm, Monday through Friday(excluding national holidays, and year-end holidays). May request up to 5 items or up
to 8 stickers (2,400 yen worth) each time.
Step 2: Purchase stickers for oversized waste at a designated store.
Stickers sell for 300 yen each. Depending on the dimensions and weights of the items,
the number of necessary stickers differs. Stickers are not refundable. Please purchasestickers after making a collection appointment.
Step 3: Fill in your reception number or your name on the sticker. Put the necessary
number of stickers on the oversized trash items. Place the trash outside yourhouse (ground floor) by 8:30 am on the day of the appointment.
Hazardous Waste
Mercury thermometers, mercury blood pressure monitors
How to dispose: Put it in the yellow container at the neighborhood recycling station. Put thewaste in a transparent plastic bag.
Fluorescent lights/dry cell batteries
How to dispose: Put it in the white collection container at cooperating stores or the collection
locations at city hall and the civic center.
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Trash Collection Dates
Public Sanitation Division

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Trash Collection Calendar
Collection dates vary depending on the school district where you live.
Every March, we distribute to every household a "trash collection calendar" showing thecollection dates for the upcoming fiscal year.
If you do not have one, you can get one from the Public Sanitation Division (3rd floor, Recycle
Plaza Office Building), the Environmental Preservation Division (5th floor, Welfare Hall (Fukushi
Kaikan)), City Information Corner (1st floor, City Hall West Building), each branch office, and thecity hall homepage.
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Materials Related to Trash Separation
Public Sanitation Division

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Guide: How to Discard of Recyclable Materials and Trash
Available at the Public Sanitation Division (3rd floor, Recycle Plaza Office Building),
Environmental Preservation Division (5th floor, Welfare Hall (Fukushi Kaikan)), City Information
Corner (1st floor, City Hall West Building), and every branch office.
※Available in several languages (English, Chinese, Portuguese, Spanish, Filipino, Vietnamese).
Gomiherashi Daisakusen(Trash Reduction Operations booklet)
Available at the Public Sanitation Division (3rd floor, Recycle Plaza Office Building),
Environmental Preservation Division (5th floor, Welfare Hall (Fukushi Kaikan)), City Information
Corner (1st floor, City Hall West Building), and every branch office.
Garbage separation app "San-Aru"
You can check the trash collection calendar, trash separation rules, etc. on your smartphone.
※ Several languages (English, Chinese, Portuguese, Spanish, Filipino) are supported. You candownload it using the following QR codes.

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City-Designated Trash/Recyling Bags
Public Sanitation Division

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There are five bag designations: burnable trash, non-burnable trash, paper containers &packaging, PET bottles, and plastic containers & packaging. They are available in large(equivalent to 45 liters) and small (equivalent to 30 liters) sizes, as well as even smaller bags
(equivalent to 10 liters) limited to burnable trash. These designated bags can be purchased at
supermarkets and convenience stores. Please be sure to use them when you dispose of trash at
the trash collection stations.

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Large Amounts of Trash
Public Sanitation Division

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When you want to throw out a large amount of trash all together because you are moving,cleaning house, or other reasons, please bring it to the Clean Center or ask a licensed collection
and transportation company to dispose of it. Please do not inconvenience your neighbors bytaking it all to the neighborhood trash collection station.
Carry-in Garbage【Carry-in Locations】
・Chūō Clean Center・Hatchō Clean Center
・North Waste Disposal Center【Reception Hours】(Itada-chō(Hatchō-minamimachi(Higashi-achiwa-chō

27-7153 FAX 27-7053)
22-5436 FAX 25-8146)
27-7101 FAX 27-7091)◇ Burnable items (Chūō Clean Center, Hatchō Clean Center)・Monday through Friday (including national holidays): .................... 8:30am to 4:00pm
・Saturday (including national holidays): .......................................... 8:30am to 11:30am◇ Non-burnable items (Chūō Clean Center only)・Monday through Friday (including national holidays): .................... 8:30am to 4:00pm
・Saturday (including national holidays): .......................................... 8:30am to 11:30am◇ Landfill waste (North Waste Disposal Center only)・Monday through Friday (including national holidays):.................... 8:30am to 4:00pm【Charges】 Trash of less than 100 kilograms is free of charge; for weight in excess of 100
kilograms, a fee of 70 yen per 10 kilograms is charged.
However, it is free for less than 100 kilos
Licensed Collection and Transportation Companies【Permitted companies】
Listed on the back of the trash collection calendar and the City Homepage.
【Charges】 Please contact the companies directly.
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Recycling of batteries (dry-cell batteries, small rechargeable batteries, button batteries)
Public Sanitation Division

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Collection at cooperating stores
Please take them to a cooperating store (such as a home electronics mass retailer) that has arecycling box. The type of batteries collected depends on the store. Please check the JBRC
homepage (https://www.jbrc.com/general/recycle_kensaku/) or the city hall homepage.
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Collection at city hall / civic center【Date / Time】 Every Sunday from 9:00am-4:00pm※ Except during Year-end holidays and storms.
【Location】
City Hall Northside Parking of East Multi-level Parking Lot, Nanbu Nyūji
Hoikuen Parking Lot (Hanenishinmachi), Ohira Citizens' Center (Ohira-chō),Tōbu Citizens' Center (Yamatsuna-chō), North Area Community Center(Nagomin) (Nishikuramae-chō), Iwazu Citizens' Center (Iwazu-chō), Yahagi
Citizens' Center (Utō-chō), Mutsumi Citizens' Center (Shimoaono-chō), Chūō
Citizens' Center (Kami Mutsuna 3-chōme), Nukata Branch (Kashiyama-chō),
Aged Center Okazaki South Parking Lot (Miai-chō)Collection at “Risuta Inaguma” Integrated Recycling Station【Date / Time】 Every day from 9:00am-4:00pm※ Except during Year-end holidays and storms.
【Location】
7-17-1 Inaguma-chō
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Recycling of the 4 large types of home appliance
Public Sanitation Division

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If you wish to dispose of one of the four types of household appliances (television,refrigerator/freezer, washing machine/clothes dryer, or air conditioner) a recycling fee is required.
When you buy a replacement or know where the original product was purchased
Please pay the recycling fee and collection & transportation fee to the store where youpurchased or will purchase the appliance and request collection.
When you don't know the store where it was purchased
Step 1: After confirming the size and manufacturer of the home appliances you want to disposeof, pay the recycling fee at the post office.
Step 2: Please bring it directly to a designated pick-up location or ask the oversized garbage
reception center to collect it ( 22-2000).
【Designated pick-up locations】① Toei Co., Ltd. Okazaki Sales Office16-1 Aza Tateishi, Ōhira-chō
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Monday-Saturday (excluding holidays, Obon, and year-end holidays)
8:00am-12:00pm, 1:00pm-4:00pm② Nittsu Mikawa Transport Co., Ltd. Okazaki Handling Office
107 Aza Nishiueno Ōhira-chō
22-8655
Monday-Saturday (excluding holidays, Obon, and New Year holidays)
9:00am-12:00pm, 1:00pm-4:30pm
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Computer Recycling
Public Sanitation Division

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Please dispose of computers in accordance with the following methods
Collection by Delivery Company
・ Apply with the cooperating business, ReNet Japan Recycling Co., Ltd. (https://www.renet.jp/)
・ Collection of up to one box (including main body of the computer) per retrieval is free.
・ Please remove all data from the computer before collection. Alternatively, data removal
service is also available for a fee.
Collection by Manufacturer
Step 1: Please inquire with the manufacturer’s reception center.
In the case of a home built PC or unknown manufacturer, please ask the PC3R
Promotion Association (https://www.pc3r.jp/) to collect it ( 03-5282-7685).
Step 2: (In the case where there is no recycle mark on the computer)
Use the recycle fee transfer slip from the manufacturer to pay the fee at a post office.
Step 3: The manufacturer will send a Yu Pack. Pack the computer inside and send it throughthe post office.
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Mobile or Smartphone Recycling
Public Sanitation Division

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Collection at a City Box【Date / Time】 During office hours at each location (below)【Location】

Public Sanitation Division (3rd floor, Recycle Plaza Office Building),
Environmental Preservation Division (5th floor, Welfare Hall
(Fukushi Kaikan)), every branch office, Libra – the Okazaki City

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Library & Community Plaza, and the Okazaki Genkikan.
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City Collection Centers
Public Sanitation Division

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In addition to being carried out by children's associations and PTAs (resource recovery), we
have set up collection locations at city hall, all citizens' centers, cooperating stores, etc. to collectrecyclable resources.
Collection at city hall / civic center【Date/Time】 Every Sunday from 9:00am-4:00pm※ Except during year-end holidays and storms.
【Items】
Newspapers (including flyers), magazines, corrugated cardboard, milk cartons,
used clothing, PET bottles, fluorescent lights, batteries (dry-cell batteries, small
rechargeable batteries, button batteries), small appliances【Locations】 City Hall Northside Parking of East Multi-story Parking Lot, Nanbu Nyūji Hoikuen
Parking Lot (Hanenishi Shinmachi), Ohira Citizens' Center (Ohira-chō), Tōbu
Citizens' Center (Yamatsuna-chō), North Area Community Center – Nagomin(Nishikuramae-chō), Iwazu Citizens' Center (Iwazu-chō), Yahagi Citizens' Center(Utō-chō), Mutsumi Citizens' Center (Shimoaono-chō), Chūō Citizens' Center(Kami Mutsuna 3-chōme), Nukata Branch (Kashiyama-chō), Aged Center
Okazaki South Parking Lot (Miai-chō)Collection at “Risuta Inaguma” Integrated Recycling Station【Date/Time】 Every day from 9:00am-4:00pm※ Except during year-end holidays and storms.
【Items】

Newspapers (including flyers), magazines, corrugated cardboard, milk cartons,
used clothing, PET bottles, fluorescent lights, batteries (dry-cell batteries, small
rechargeable batteries, button batteries), small appliances, used cooking oil,paper containers and packaging, plastic containers and packaging, empty cans,

empty bottles, refillable bottles, flammable hazardous waste, hazardous waste【Location】 7-17-1 Inaguma-chō
Collection at collection cooperation stores
There are some stores that independently collect used paper, etc.
Please refer to the city homepage or threeR (さんあ～る) – the trash separation guidance app
for Japanese municipalities – for collection locations and collection dates/times.
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Subsidy system
Public Sanitation Division

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Subsidy for purchasing kitchen waste disposal equipment【Details】
We will issue a subsidy to those who live in the city and purchase an electric kitchen waste
disposer or compost bin to try to reduce the amount of kitchen waste.
Equipment

Subsidy amountElectric food waste disposer

45% of the purchase price (rounded down to
the nearest thousand yen), up to a limit of
27,000 yen

Compost bin

45% of the purchase price (rounded down to
the nearest thousand yen), up to a limit of
4,000 yen

【How to apply】
Within 60 days of purchase (within the same fiscal year), bring your receipt, proof of payment,
and your account information to the Public Sanitation Division (3rd floor, Recycling Plaza), theEnvironmental Preservation Division (5th floor, Welfare Hall (Fukushi Kaikan)), or the branch
offices. Payments are on a first-come-first-served basis, within yearly budget.
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Trash Disposal Facilities in Okazaki
Chūō Clean Center
Itada-chō 27-7153 FAX 27-7053
You may bring in oversized household trash (burnable and non-burnable) or a large amount ofwaste (burnable and non-burnable) produced when moving or cleaning house.
Hatchō Clean Center
Hatchō-minamimachi 22-5436 FAX 25-8146
You may bring in a large amount of burnable trash produced when moving or cleaning house.
※ Trash other than burnable or landfill waste is not accepted.
North Trash Disposal Center
Higashi-Achiwa-chō 27-7101 FAX 27-7091
You may bring in household landfill waste (trash other than landfill waste is not accepted).
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Disposal of Business-related Trash
Public Sanitation Division

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Trash resulting from business activities must not be taken to trash or recyclable resource
collection stations or collection centers within the city.
Industrial Waste
Aichi Industrial Waste Association (AISANKYOU)

052-332-0346

The municipal disposal centers do not accept industrial waste. Please dispose of it properly byoutsourcing it to an industrial waste disposal company
General Business-related Trash
Please outsource to a licensed collection and transportation company authorized by the city,or dispose of it directly at a clean center.

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